Three people have been taken to hospital after a massive crash on Highway 1 in southwestern Manitoba, involving as many as 25 semi-trailer trucks and passenger vehicles.Manitoba RCMP asked people to stay away from this multi-vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway between Brandon and Virden. (Submitted by RCMP)Three people have been taken to hospital after a massive…
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Laurentian to release 3 million documents to Ontario that may shed light on university’s insolvency, MPP says
by Sue JonesFollowing intense government scrutiny and public backlash, Laurentian is releasing over three million documents that could help shed light on the Sudbury, Ont., university’s insolvency, according to an MPP from the region.Laurentian University is releasing an estimated three million documents to the Ontario government’s standing committee on public affairs, says MPP France Gélinas. The school…
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Yellowknife mother describes ‘traumatic experience’ of having to travel to Alberta to give birth
by Sue Jones“This will be our last baby,” says Shene Catholique-Valpy, a mother of four living in Yellowknife and one of 75 N.W.T. mothers sent to Alberta to give birth. “It was a traumatic experience, and I can’t imagine having to do it again.” ‘This will be our last baby,’ says Shene Catholique-Valpy, a mother of four living…
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Feds announce up to $80M to tackle housing supply chain issues in northern and remote communities
by Sue JonesThe federal government announced up to $80 million in funding to break down housing supply chain issues in northern and remote communities.A housing complex under construction in Iqaluit in 2019. The federal government announced up to $80 million in funding to find solutions to break down barriers in the supply chain to build more housing…
Amalgamated Transit Union Canada is calling on federal, provincial and municipal governments to help create a national framework to tackle the issue of assaults on transit systems.TTC employee Anna Cohen says she was attacked while on the job in 2020. After two transit employees were stabbed this month, Amalgamated Transit Union Canada is calling on…
Horns honked, people cheered — “you could feel the happiness,” said CBC Nunavut’s Pauline Pemik, as Nunavut elder Raymond Ningeocheak returned home after a year of medical care in Ottawa.Raymond Ningeocheak, right, spent a few hours in a bed on board a special medevac flight from Ottawa to Coral Harbour, Nunavut, on Monday. He returned…
A First Nations Health Ombudsperson’s office is being created in Saskatchewan.The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) and the federal Ministry of Indigenous Services announced that the FSIN will establish a First Nations Health Ombudsperson’s Office in Saskatchewan. (Kamon_Wongnon/Shutterstock)An office that will investigate racism against First Nations people within the health-care system is being set up…
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B.C. MP claims constituent’s bank account was frozen for donating to convoy protest, but won’t provide details
by Sue JonesConservative MP Mark Strahl tweeted that a single mom from Chilliwack, B.C., had her bank accounts frozen after donating to the convoy protest, but the RCMP says it did not give a list of donors to financial institutions.Conservative MP for Chilliwack-Hope Mark Strahl said in a tweet that a single mother from Chilliwack had her…
Ontario Provincial Police’s criminal investigations branch is conducting “a thorough and independent investigation” into allegations of criminal misconduct against some members of the Thunder Bay Police Service.Ontario Provincial Police confirmed Tuesday it’s conducting an independent investigation into allegations of criminal misconduct by members of the Thunder Bay Police Service. (Marc Doucette / CBC)Ontario Provincial Police’s…
A Manitoba hockey player has been suspended after a weekend game in which he appeared to make a racist gesture against a visiting team from Waywayseecappo First Nation.A Dauphin Kings player, left, makes an apparent bow-and-arrow gesture during a weekend game against the Wolverines from Waywayseecappo First Nation. (Twitter)A Manitoba hockey player has been suspended after a weekend…